tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post771276150212412790..comments2015-08-02T17:11:39.108-04:00Comments on the joy of sox: Statheads Will Steal Your Lunch Moneyallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-4336999584291089602010-12-06T11:44:03.002-05:002010-12-06T11:44:03.002-05:00No. What I was angling towards was his stubbornnes...No. What I was angling towards was his stubbornness to stick with a metric in thinking that may be unpopular at the time. This is not Murray Chass I admit; but I&#39;ll support the &#39;brand&#39; if not any of the things he actually believes. :]Michael Hollowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11569272458580142677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-299991768812737162010-12-06T11:27:44.336-05:002010-12-06T11:27:44.336-05:00The fact that Murray Chass has the gall to stand h...<i>The fact that Murray Chass has the gall to stand his Neolithic ground here is a quality of writers that I admire.</i><br /><br />A stubborn refusal to keep an open mind is a good thing?redsockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-58329837503884262452010-12-06T11:18:23.721-05:002010-12-06T11:18:23.721-05:00Chass:
&quot;..good pitchers find a way to win.
...Chass:<br /><br />&quot;..good pitchers find a way to win.<br /><br />Steve Carlton compiled a 27-10 record in 1972 for a Phillies team that otherwise had a 32-87 record.&quot;<br /><br />Makes you wonder. But then in Chaos Theory, it was bound to happen, everything will happen - eventually.<br /><br />But, &quot;Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts&quot;; so says Albert Einstein - and although a &#39;feeling&#39; one might have about baseball matters has dominated too much in the past - and new data are now being collected and parsed with new-fangled machines that can obviously add insight - the infinitely complex game still, I believe, has room for intuitive decision making. <br /><br />The Lemming-like (but not Lemming-like) band-wagon-jumping professional baseball writers have shown themselves to be spineless clogs before (as regularly do 75% of the population of human kind), and in today&#39;s climate of fear about everything - and most pointedly about paid writing positions - I wouldn&#39;t doubt that spinelessness pervades. The fact that Murray Chass has the gall to stand his Neolithic ground here is a quality of writers that I admire. And although it was hard for me to find that one thing I admire about Chass - unbelievably - there it is.<br /><br />I believe that if you break it down, between the lines Chass is saying his brethren are incredibly ignorant about the actual playing of the game at it&#39;s highest level (as are 99.9% of us), and that they know in their heart of hearts that their opinion isn&#39;t worth sh*t... so they go with the flow. &#39;What he said&#39;. If that is indeed what Chass is saying, then I agree with him once again! <br /><br />Twice in one day? <br /><br />What are the probabilities? <br /><br />mhMichael Hollowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11569272458580142677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-75238293097182607782010-11-29T09:37:44.652-05:002010-11-29T09:37:44.652-05:00Gawd, that Chass stuff is classic. I guess he&#39;...Gawd, that Chass stuff is classic. I guess he&#39;s bucking for a Page 6 gig. What was Uma&#39;s line from Pulp Fiction--about scamps getting together being worse than a sewing circle? Hilarious. He and Cafardo should do a forum on when to identify sources, leave them anonymous or simply make shit up and let the reader decide. And the internet can make stuff disappear but newspapers can&#39;t? Gold, Jerry, gold.Woti-wotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275164807141705059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-2663473483078416472010-11-29T07:25:06.944-05:002010-11-29T07:25:06.944-05:00Does Murray Chass also believe that Abner Doubleda...Does Murray Chass also believe that Abner Doubleday invented baseball?FenFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02348863925130603048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-19565012909156048092010-11-28T20:56:22.152-05:002010-11-28T20:56:22.152-05:00In 1989, Oakland A&#39;s pitcher Storm Davis went ...In 1989, Oakland A&#39;s pitcher Storm Davis went 19 - 7 despite posting an ERA 15% higher than the league average. The Kansas City Royals gave him a large contract, insisting that they didn&#39;t care about ERA, but about pitchers who could &quot;win games.&quot; Anyone know what Rogers thoughts are on that signing?Liam, Summa Contrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738593234083660468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-38151644758903468452010-11-28T19:45:14.088-05:002010-11-28T19:45:14.088-05:00&quot;Good pitchers find a way to win.&quot;
What...&quot;Good pitchers find a way to win.&quot;<br /><br />What if your team doesn&#39;t score any runs? Do good pitchers bitch their team out in the dugout and demand them to score runs and then they score?Ishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14809080115678512743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-71011266635276174472010-11-28T16:54:12.826-05:002010-11-28T16:54:12.826-05:00Wow, that Murray Chass is some thinker!Wow, that Murray Chass is some thinker!accudarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02382053706682702257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-37752426127856328682010-11-28T13:21:08.345-05:002010-11-28T13:21:08.345-05:00Do NOT miss the link on the word &quot;Chass&quot;...Do NOT miss the link on the word &quot;Chass&quot;.redsockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-21327079649416747862010-11-28T13:04:24.872-05:002010-11-28T13:04:24.872-05:00Oh my lord. ROFL. OMG.Oh my lord. ROFL. OMG.L-girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.com